Post by nutrick on Jul 11, 2009 13:06:45 GMT -5
Death of the Mind
The mind is not the brain. Let me clarify, the mind is not the physical brain. It is an interesting concept really, it is a label of the thinking processes of our brain, the way the brain produces thoughts. You don't hear people saying they want to become a "mind surgeon." A brain surgeon is more like it. The mind is in itself an abstract theory, and yet everyday, we use our "minds" to make labels, judgments, and context of our perception of reality. Sometimes to the point where the mind starts to use us.
Pretty unreliable source, right? It's like asking someone who's read a lot about the past and history of football and on occasion predicted superbowl champions, but has never thrown a football in his life, for quarterbacking advice. He may know a lot about it, but he has never experienced it first hand.
That's a lot like how the mind is, or the concept of the mind. It will never be able to experience anything, it can only recall up the memory of the past, or predict projections of the future.
Now, I can go ahead and tell you if you haven't already connected the dots, that it's pointless to rely on theory, it's about experience. First hand experience, but you already know this, it's common sense, but what I'm trying to point out is that if you ever do go back to the mind for advice, just remember what kind of concept we're dealing with here.
The mind is a useful tool, it's very good at problem solving and helping us learn from our mistakes--when it's important. So it's not about how, but when to use your mind.
You see, people tend to use their minds all the time, usually more than is necessary. They think "what if this happens" (future projection) or "look what happened last time" (recalling past) Not to say that it's a bad thing at all, but again we use this process a lot more than we need to. It was useful when we were cavemen however-many-years ago, when it was a matter of life and death. But we live in the safest environments known to man, where there is very little threats to our physical lives.
When going up and talking to girls, the mind is the last person you want to speak to for advice. "What if this goes sour like the last time?" or "she probably has a boyfriend, she probably won't like you, you won't have fun"
So how do you escape the mind? You must immerse yourself in the present moment, learn to live, learn to experience life for it's fullest pleasures. The mind lives in the past, and the future, but never in the present. Learn to accept what is. Forget all the labels, judgements, the what if's, just accept reality as it is, then you will be able to proactively change it.
The mind is not the brain. Let me clarify, the mind is not the physical brain. It is an interesting concept really, it is a label of the thinking processes of our brain, the way the brain produces thoughts. You don't hear people saying they want to become a "mind surgeon." A brain surgeon is more like it. The mind is in itself an abstract theory, and yet everyday, we use our "minds" to make labels, judgments, and context of our perception of reality. Sometimes to the point where the mind starts to use us.
Pretty unreliable source, right? It's like asking someone who's read a lot about the past and history of football and on occasion predicted superbowl champions, but has never thrown a football in his life, for quarterbacking advice. He may know a lot about it, but he has never experienced it first hand.
That's a lot like how the mind is, or the concept of the mind. It will never be able to experience anything, it can only recall up the memory of the past, or predict projections of the future.
Now, I can go ahead and tell you if you haven't already connected the dots, that it's pointless to rely on theory, it's about experience. First hand experience, but you already know this, it's common sense, but what I'm trying to point out is that if you ever do go back to the mind for advice, just remember what kind of concept we're dealing with here.
The mind is a useful tool, it's very good at problem solving and helping us learn from our mistakes--when it's important. So it's not about how, but when to use your mind.
You see, people tend to use their minds all the time, usually more than is necessary. They think "what if this happens" (future projection) or "look what happened last time" (recalling past) Not to say that it's a bad thing at all, but again we use this process a lot more than we need to. It was useful when we were cavemen however-many-years ago, when it was a matter of life and death. But we live in the safest environments known to man, where there is very little threats to our physical lives.
When going up and talking to girls, the mind is the last person you want to speak to for advice. "What if this goes sour like the last time?" or "she probably has a boyfriend, she probably won't like you, you won't have fun"
So how do you escape the mind? You must immerse yourself in the present moment, learn to live, learn to experience life for it's fullest pleasures. The mind lives in the past, and the future, but never in the present. Learn to accept what is. Forget all the labels, judgements, the what if's, just accept reality as it is, then you will be able to proactively change it.
This just inspires me so so much tear tear cry cry sob sob. +1
